Education Resources
Camden County Library System
Visit your local library and discover more about the diverse history, culture, languages and arts of the African Diaspora. The Camden County Library System is comprised of seven public libraries in addition to a county store.
http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us
Camden County College
Black Hollywood and Independent Film Workshop Series
This workshop series examines the development of blacks in Hollywood films through a survey of the historical record from 1915 to the present. It also introduces key developments, personalities and the impressive body of films related to African Americans, while exploring the significance of race, gender and class issues in black Hollywood. The workshops also explore the roles of African American men and women have played in the motion picture industry, and their contributions, as well as their successes and failures, to erode myths and stereotypes that emerged in early Hollywood films. Workshops include:
- Birth of a Nation: The images of African Americans in Birth of a Nation are examined, as well as their impact on the status of African Americans during the early 20th century. How these stereotypical images in the film influenced the portrayal of African Americans in Hollywood is also explored.
- Race Films: This workshop examines the emergence of "race" films, the contributions of Oscar Micheaux and other early black filmmakers. Early "race" films such as Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914), Within Our Gates (1919) and Body & Soul (1925) are also explored within the context of the black experience and African American struggles for justice and equality in American society.
- Early Black Hollywood: This workshop examines significant classic films with African American actors and discusses racial themes from the 1930's to the 1960's. A special emphasis is also placed on identifying realistic portrayals of African Americans versus stereotypes and their impact of these portrayals on the black experience.
- Black Hollywood Film Explosion of the 1970s: This workshop examines the 1970's independent film explosion movement in response to how these images of African Americans differ from both early black Hollywood film and blaxploitation films.
- New Black Hollywood: This workshop analyzes films from the 1980s to the present. A special emphasis is placed on current images of African Americans.
For additional information, please contact:
Camden County College
College Drive
Blackwood, NJ 08012
(856) 874-6000
http://www.camdencc.edu
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Community Organizations
Black CyberSpace OnLine, Inc.
632 Benson Street, 3rd Floor
Camden, NJ 08103
Colandus Francis
NJ NAACP - Camden
1123 1/2 Kaighn Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
Lloyd Henderson, Esq.
NJ NAACP - Camden County East
PO Box 53
Lawnside, NJ 08045
